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Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad

Missed this yesterday. I actually don't really want to do it right now either. My day had enough negative mood that I don't really want to dwell on it now, but I do want to keep the meme rolling.

Day 09 → A photo you took

I don't take many photos these days. While I do have a camera, it's an old 2 MP Fujifilm point and shoot, and I'm surrounded by enough good photographers that I both usually have enough photos of events and places where I've been, and feel a bit intimidated and don't feel like getting into it as a hobby myself. Instead, I have an iPhone, and take poor quality pics with that instead, such as this one:

Link

York Minster on October 31st when I was on my way to Whitby. It was a startlingly nice day, which was a bit of a shock to the system after getting a 7am train after partying at the Potion Bar the night before, but nice all the same.

Bonus picture that I took:

Bonus pic

My central heating has been broken in various ways for some time now because our flat management agency is utterly useless. Last night it gave up the ghost completely and the switch fell off, meaning we could not turn it on at all (as opposed to the timer being broken and the "always on" switch position being broken in the past, which we could work around). Given that I've been cold in my air-conditioned office all day and it's due to drop below freezing tonight, I came home and hacked at it until it made heat come out. I was quite pleased with my MacGuyvered clip, which is much better than a screwdriver duct taped in at the appropriate angle, which was my previous intended solution. We're going to be turning the power off at the wall from now until it gets fixed, and if I have my way, withholding rent as well.

Edit: Having issues with the image hosting. Working on uploading them to my webspace, but I'm having issues with that as well. Le sigh. Clicky links to Twitpic in the meantime.

Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy



Adorable little kittens. And look at the lighter one smiling! Reminds me a bit of my Sunday :) Though I am less feline, and thankfully so is the boy or I'd be sneezing a lot.

Hello DW!

So it looks like my last post here was in May. Oops? I'm still updating my LJ regularly, but I didn't want to start out a new journal by just cross-posting entries. It feels messy or something.

I'm going to experiment with posting the 30 days meme here, possibly even public, and see how that goes. I've already done 7 days on LJ, so I'm going to backdate the entries here to avoid being too spammy and annoying especially if you've already seen the entries over there. Click on over if you fancy reading.

Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy

A few of my favourite RSS feeds:

The Daily WTF
Autocomplete Me
Sleep Talkin' Man
Not Always Right

Plus the usual xkcd, Stephen Fry's blog, Can Has Cheezburger, thereifixedit.com, graphjam.com, etc.

Day 05 → Your favorite quote

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche. This is how I dragged myself through my final A level exams when it was all I could do to get out of bed.

Day 04 → Your favorite book

This one's easy. Douglas Adams - A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The massive tome that includes all five volumes.

Day 03 → Your favorite television program

I've decided I hate this meme, as it's clearly torture. House is still a favourite. Stargate SG-1 and Battlestar Galactica are favourites from the past that I binged on to catch up and then watched the last season or two when it was being aired. I love them both in different ways. I'll always have fond memories of ER. I love a lot of medical and crime things.

Day 02 → Your favorite movie

I don't even have a handy site like Last.fm to go to here to jog my memory! I don't usually have favourite movies, just a handful that I like and can point to when asked. Amelie, Shawshank Redemption, Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Terminator 2. There's a few.

Day 01 → Your favorite song

Already I face a problem with this meme. I don't have just one favourite of anything! Have a few faves instead.

Collective Soul - Needs. Something about it just speaks to me on an emotional level
Sia - Breathe Me. This song is fantastic and I keep rediscovering it and playing it again and again.
Muse - Starlight
Regina Spektor - On The Radio
Foo Fighters - Everlong, and Times Like These

I could go on forever. There are so many awesome songs that I love.

I've uploaded these to my webspace, but I'm not linking that publically. Comment if you'd like the link and I'll send it over.

I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do with this journal. I don't think I have the energy or inclination to keep two online journals, but I may crosspost to LJ at some point. Uncertain.

I like what Dreamwidth stands for, and its founding principles and aims. I spent a lot of time and effort volunteering for LiveJournal (and they gave me a permanent account to recognise my work and as a thank you), and it will always have been an important place for me, and I'll probably have a certain fondness for it even if I eventually move on. But I've long grown dissatisfied with the management behind LJ, both in the 6A era and now with SUP. I've got a lot of time and respect for several staff members, who I count as my friends, and a fairly large social circle or two at LJ. I don't see myself leaving at any point in the near future, but I've made a point of not giving them any sort of monetary contribution for a long time, when I might otherwise have bought paid time for friends, etc. I know a lot of the people behind DW, and saw what they did for LJ. I'm hoping they can turn this into something really good.

As for what will appear here... Not sure. Possibly nothing, possibly a duplicate of LiveJournal. I'll be using the account to read, possibly infrequently, and comment when I do. You may know me as/from emmavescence, and if so, feel free to add me here in whatever way you see fit.